- Date
- June 29, 1971
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9603JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161104
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0843 71/6/29 SALISBURY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N9603J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING REMARKS- DRG LDG ACFT VEERED TO L.NOSE TRIM INDICATOR ALMOST FULL L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9603J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rowan